Duchess of Cambridge supports Children's Mental Health Week

The Duchess of Cambridge has recorded a special message pledging her support for the inaugural Children's Mental Health Week.

The initiative has been set up by Place2Be, a charity which provides emotional support to children in schools, which the Duchess has been a patron of since 2013.

"Through Place2Be I have seen the benefits of offering children support for their mental health in the safety of the school environment," says the Duchess in the 2-minute clip. "Both William and I sincerely believe that early action can prevent problems in childhood from turning into larger ones later in life."

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"Her Royal Highness has seen that issues such as addiction, poverty, abuse, neglect, loss and illness of family members, can have a long-lasting and traumatic impact if left unsupported," added a spokesperson from Kensington Palace. "The Duchess of Cambridge is especially concerned with early intervention mental health support for young people, to tackle these issues at the earliest possible stage, so that children have the brightest possible futures, as they deserve."

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